1688 G. Miege ii. sig. Rrr4v/1 A spitting Box, un Crachoir.
1794 S. Parr Let. to Maltby in (1828) VIII. 336 Is there a smoking room, an arm-chair, a spitting-box, a wax-candle?
1834 F. Marryat I. xiv. 202 A large tin spitting-box [was] fixed to his chest by a strap over the shoulders.